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Wounds to spirit and psyche are also addressed by caregivers at HMS, evidenced by the work of child-care experts at the School’s teaching hospitals who guard against the traumas that sickness and hospitalization can bring to their young patients and by the updated use of the ages-old comfort offered the sick by canine companions.
The HMS community is one characterized by a diversity of people, backgrounds, and skills. It is also a community anointed with a diversity of ideas. That richness allows us to push the envelope in areas already considered cutting edge, and it allows us to innovate ways to better address the injuries that have historically prompted people to seek out physicians. The pages of our magazine and the pages of this website tell these stories of progress. I invite you to explore this issue of Harvard Medicine.

Yes, in this context, canine companions are dogs who are taken into hospitals. Many patients find that they feel better when they are given the opportunity to pet, stroke or otherwise engage with animals.

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